Classification of Buildings

The purpose of use or occupancy of a building is a fundamental consideration for the building code. Clients generally share their brainstorming ideas and facility needed and then architect gives shape to reality and grouped the building which is assigned under the code. Buildings are classified into two categories such as based on the occupancy and the type of construction methods.

Building Occupancy Classifications

Every building or portion of land can be classified according to its use or the character of its occupancy as a building of occupancy. They are categorized into the following types.

Agricultural buildings

Residential buildings

Commercial buildings

Educational buildings

Industrial buildings

Government buildings

Military buildings

Religious buildings

Transport buildings

Power plants

The classification of buildings by types of construction

Based on the type of construction buildings are classified into five categories.